Combined military mirror and button-stick.



F. B. WOODMAN.

COMBINED MILITARY MIRROR AND BUTTON STICK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1917..

Patentefl 10%,. 4t, 1917/ FREDERICK B. WOODMAN, 01E TOBONTU, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINED MIRROR AND BUTTON-STICK.

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Specification 01 Letters .E'atent.

Patented Dec. t, i'tlil't.

Application filed. May 4, 191?- Serial No. 166,4;04.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, FREDERICK B. "WOOD- MAN, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Untario, Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Military Mirrors and Button-Sticks, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a construction whereby a military mirror and a button stick are combined in the one article. The invention consists in the novel arrangement of the device in which the pivoted back leg or sup port is formed as a button stick, and the lower edge of the plate forming the mirror is provided with upturned lips with which the divided ends of the back leg may be engaged when the device is folded to be carried in the kit bag or pocket.

lln the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective rear view of the article;

Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same in the folded position; and

modification ofthe back leg.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

1 is a metal plate having the front surface thereof highly polished to serve as a mirror. 2 is the back leg, which is pivoted at 3 near the upper edge of the mirror. This back leg is formed of springy material, and is bent near its pivot so that normally the lower part of it tends to stand at an angle to the metal plate to serve as a back leg. This back leg is provided with a slot 4 extending up from the lower edge, and which adapts the back leg to be used as a button stick. The parts of the divided end of the back leg are preferably rounded to avoid sharp corners and tofacilitate their engagement behind the lips 5 hereinafter described. Tn Fig. 3 the division between the parts of the leg is reduced to a minimum, being only just suflicient to facilitate the parts clearing the said lips but not to adapt the leg for use as a button stick.

5 are upturned lips or flanges formed at the lower edge of the back of the plate. These lips are preferably separated by a space sullicient for the passage of one corner of the back leg. lVhen it is desired to fold up or open out the device, it is merely necessary to swing the back leg sufficiently far for one of the parts to pass through the opening between the lips, when the other port is then entirely free of the lips, and both parts may be moved into a central position either opened out or folded as the case may be. liy this arrangement I secure a back leg with a broad base end to engage the surface on which the mirror is stood and yet the full width of the base may be engaged behind the lips or flanges on the plate and disengaged therefrom with a minimum of lateral swing.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A military mirror comprising a metal plate having its lower edge turned up to form two lips separated by a central gap in combination with a back leg of spring metal pivoted at its upper end to swing transversely of the mirror and having its lower end formed with rounded projections either of which is adapted to pass through the central gap to enable both to be engaged behind said lips substantially as described.

2. A military mirror comprising a metal plate having its lower edge turned up to form two lips separated by a central gap in combination with a back leg of spring metal pivoted at its upper end to swing transversely of the mirror and having a slot extending up from its lower end to adapt the leg for use as a button stick, the ends of either of the parts being adapted to pass through the central gap to enable both to be engaged behind said lips substantially as described.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this 25th day of April 1917.

FREDERICK B. WOUDMAN.

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